Theodor Scheimpflug
Theodor Scheimpflug (ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʃaɪmˌpfluːɡ; 7 October 1865 - 22 August 1911) was an Austrian army Captain who elaborated a systematic method and apparatus for correcting perspective distortion in aerial photographs, now known as the eponymous Scheimpflug principle. He disclaimed inventing it however, citing an English patent of the early French photographic engineer Jules Carpentier.
Theodor Scheimpflug
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- Born
- 7 October 1865
- Birthplace
- Vienna
- Died
- 22 August 1911
- Place of death
- Mödling
- Nationality
- Austrian Empire · Austria–Hungary
- Occupation
- military officer · inventor · surveyor · photographer · geodesist
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Theodor Scheimpflug (ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʃaɪmˌpfluːɡ; 7 October 1865 - 22 August 1911) was an Austrian army Captain who elaborated a systematic method and apparatus for correcting perspective distortion in aerial photographs, now known as the eponymous Scheimpflug principle. He disclaimed inventing it however, citing an English patent of the early French photographic engineer Jules Carpentier.
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• Born — 7 October 1865 • Birthplace — Vienna • Died — 22 August 1911 • Place of death — Mödling
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• Born on 7 October 1865 in Vienna • Educated at the Imperial and Royal Naval Academy • 1897 - Attended college in Vienna • Began Photographic work in 1902 • Died on 22 August 1911 in Mödling
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• Best known for his elaboration of the Scheimpflug principle, which deals with the area of critical focus in a view camera, although he was not the first to describe this principle and never claimed this to be the case. • He was also involved in aerial photography, and held several patents in that area.
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1865
Theodor Scheimpflug was born in 1865.
1911
Theodor Scheimpflug died at Mödling.
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- 1.Franz Allmer: Scheimpflug, Theodor in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 22 (2005), S. 636–637 (Online-Version. Abgerufen am 22. April 2020).
- 2.Nachlässe in Österreich: Theodor Scheimpflug. Abgerufen am 22. April 2020.
- 3.Alexander Gall (Hrsg.): Konstruieren, Kommunizieren, Präsentieren: Bilder von Wissenschaft und Technik. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2007, S. 95.
- 4.Christian Matzner (Red.), Marianne Boller: Theodor Scheimpflug, 1865–1911. Mödlinger Pionier der Luftbildphotogrammetrie. Festschrift zum 150. Geburtstag. Bezirks-Museums-Verein, Mödling 2015, OBV.
- 5.Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund.
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Theodor Scheimpflug is recorded as military officer, inventor, surveyor and photographer.
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